The Sixth Beatitude:
“Blessed are the pure of heart,
for they shall see God.”
By Group 6
What is the
meaning of
pure of heart?
Pure of Heart means those who (and/or)
are:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
Filled with God’s grace
Able to make moral decisions correctly and
independently
Open in helping others
Open to God: prayer and sacraments
Faithful to God at all times
Strive to do good to their neighbor
Able to see God in others/ treat others like Him
Humble and honest
Promoters of peace within their individual
communities
What else does
this beatitude tell
us?
 In
doing all the other beatitudes we are
able to have a pure heart.
 Seeing God means appreciating ourselves,
our neighbors, and our environment and
always being good to them.
 Act as God’s instruments
 Having
a pure heart – long, gradual
process
 Must try our best to think before we act
 Faith is essential
What are the
values/characteristics
of the people who
live out the sixth
Beatitude?
1.
Humility
2.
Selflessness
3.
Honesty
4.
Faith
5.
Purity
6.
Peacefulness
Who are the people
that were able to
exemplify the Sixth
Beatitude in their
own ways?
Former Pres. Corazon Aquino
Mother Teresa
Mahatma Gandhi
Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” S. Aquino Jr.
James Hudson Taylor
Lord Robert Baden-Powell
St. Therese of Lisieux
How can we, as
Grade 6 students,
exemplify the
Sixth Beatitude?
1.
2.
3.
4.
We can show that we are pure of heart
by doing selfless acts such as helping
other people with their studies.
We can always tell the truth even though
we know we did something wrong.
We can help our teachers carry things
not just so that we will have a high score
in the report card but because we want
to help.
We can avoid bullying our classmates
especially using foul words against them
even if everyone uses them.
5.
6.
7.
8.
We can join school/ community events or
projects that help charity.
We can show this by being humble even
if we have very high achievements.
We can tell our classmates to stop saying
bad words and most especially not
imitate them.
When a classmate is being bullied, we
can defend them.
9.
10.
11.
12.
We can show respect to our classmates
and teachers by listening to them and
talking to them properly.
Tell the class adviser about the
happenings in class even if your class
will get mad at you.
We should think of others when making
decisions not only ourselves.
We must do all acts of kindness because
we really want to help.
Sources:
Images: 01 Oct., 2009
www.wikipedia.org
www.wivenhoe.gov.uk
www.brownpinay.com
www.sportcartoons.co.uk
Information:
www.wikipedia.org
www.newadvent.org
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